¹⁴ for when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves, ¹⁵ who show the ^(A)work of the law written in their hearts, their ^(B)conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them) ^16 (C)in the day when God will judge the secrets of men ^(D)by Jesus Christ, ^(E)according to my gospel.

Freed from the Law

7 Or do you not know, brethren (for I speak to those who know the law), that the law ^[a]has dominion over a man as long as he lives?

Sin’s Advantage in the Law

⁷ What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, ^(A)I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, ^(B)“You shall not covet.”

¹² Therefore ^(A)the law is holy, and the commandment holy and just and good.

^48 (A)He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him—^(B)the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.